College Women
Navy at Lindenwood highlights this weekend in NIRA DI.
However, Army vs Queens (at the US Naval Academy) is also a key game for both.
Unfortunately, Dartmouth at Princeton has been called off.
Davenport took on Wheeling Saturday in a meeting of the 2024-25 NIRA DII runners-up and the NCR D1 winners.
Hosts Davenport won the game 42-12 led by two tries from Kara Higgins and some strong goalkicking from Leilani Lepe.
The surprises keep coming in NIRA DI as a couple of teams made statements this weekend.
Lions Caught Crimson-HandedLindenwood made the trip to Massachusetts and were defeated by two-time defending champs Harvard 26-17.
We're already into the 2nd week of the NIRA D1 and we've got a couple of pivotal matches.
StungFeeling the sting of a big loss, Brown and Quinnipiac will face off in Connecticut and we'll see who can bounce back from a rough start. Brown's late tries against Sacred Heart might be a signal that they already made some adjustments.
Outside of the NIRA DI conference there was still some notable games among NCAA women's colleges.
Most of the action was cross-divisional, and a key one of those was LaSalle vs Mount St. Mary's. While the Mount is pursuing a 7s postseason, they are still playing a strong 15s season, and this time they were the inaugural opponent for LaSalle.